Missing Fairfield Teen Found, Mother Released From Jail

The Fairfield teen reported missing last month has been found by police, his father said

BRIDGEPORT — A 14-year-old Fairfield boy reported missing last month, and whose mother was jailed for refusing to provide information on his whereabouts, was found and returned to his father, the father announced at a family court hearing Friday afternoon.

Storm Sorrentino was reported missing by his father, Saverio Sorrentino. His mother, Kathryn Sorrentino, has been in jail since Wednesday, police said. She was released on Friday.

The couple divorced in 2007, according to court records. Saverio Sorrentino, who lives in Newtown, was later awarded custody of Storm.

Judge Gerard Adelman ordered Kathryn Sorrentino held in contempt of court this week amid concerns that she knew more than she was saying about the boy's disappearance. The judge sent her to jail and said she would return to court for a hearing every day at 2 p.m. until she told the court where her son was.

Kathryn Sorrentino maintained that she had no further information about her son's whereabouts.

At Friday's hearing, Saverio Sorrentino announced that Fairfield police had found Storm and his ex-wife gasped in apparent shock.

Adelman then ordered that Kathryn Sorrentino be released, but Saverio Sorrentino interrupted, saying there was "some evidence" that the boy had been at his mother's house all along.

"I'll leave that to the police," Adelman replied. "There is no longer any need for the court to coerce cooperation on the part of Ms. Sorrentino."

Saverio Sorrentino declined to make any comment outside of court Friday.

Storm Sorrentino was reported missing on Dec. 21 and by January was listed on the website for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

According to Norwalk police, the boy was found safe, in Fairfield, and was returned to his father's custody Friday afternoon. Police did not say where in Fairfield the boy was found, or if Kathryn Sorrentino will face any criminal charges in connection with the case.

The case is still under investigation by the Norwalk police Special Victims Unit and anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jim Thompson at 203-854-3184.